VW Golf GTI to launch in March, priced at 220,000rmb
The Chinese produced Golf GTI is set to launch in March this year and will be priced at 220,000rmb and rising according to this mornings media reports.
The Golf GTI is VW’s attempt to crack open a niche hot hatch market that has yet to materialize in the Peoples Republic.
The GTI will be produced via the FAW-VW JV which is already producing the sixth generation Golf in North East China. According to our sources, the GTI will be using a 2.0TSI engine mated to a six speed DSG gearbox. Pricing for the GTI is roughly half of what the imported GTI cost, and is likely to entice a lot of people into the VW dealerships.
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awesome car
love it everytime I get to drive it
I’ve yet to see a 6th generation Golf on the road. Weren’t they meant to have been launched in October?
I’ve seen several on the road here, in fact I just saw a silver one today.
I also heard that they’re experiencing unusually high failure rates with the DSG tranny, so not sure if that’s affecting the launch. Magotan 2.0T is also having DSG issues – I’d assumed that VW was importing the DSG trannies fully-assembled, so I wonder if the VW’s sold in other parts of the world are also having similar problems.
Seen a few here, not so offensive, but it doesnt exactly stand out either.